Population growth in Ireland

From 1960 to 2016 the population of Ireland increased from 2.83 million to 4.77 million people. This is a growth by 68.7 percent in 56 years. The highest increase Ireland was recorded in 2007 with 2.93%. The biggest decrease in 1988 with -0.43%.

In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 145.3 percent.

Birth- and deathrate in Ireland

Population growth is the result of the birth rate, the mortality rate and the migration rate. The example of the year 2015 in the graph: The population in Ireland increased by about 59,600 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 6.4 per 1000 people (~ 29,600 deaths) and the birth rate was 14.2 per 1000 people (~ 65,600 births). As a result, around 23,600 inhabitants have to be added by migration from other countries.

The development of births and deaths is displayed in the following graph. All data refer to births or deaths per 1000 inhabitants.